Improvement in cans for paint



H. EVERETT.

Improvement in Cans for Paint.-

No. 131,089. Patented 'Sep. 3, 1872.

Witnesses.

UNITED STATES HORACE EVERETT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANS FOR PAINT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,089, datedSeptember 3, 1872.

Specification describing an Improved Gan for containing Paint, &c.,invented by HORACE EVERETT, of the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania.

Improved Can for Containing Paint, die.

The object of my invention is a can so stiffened as to retain its shapein the absence of the cover, and, at the same time, constructed for theready and secure attachment of the cover, and for the ready withdrawalof the entire contents.

A ring, B, is soldered to the upper edge of the body A of the can, thisring serving the twofold purpose of stiffening the said body A and ofreceiving the cover D, the flange e of which is interlocked with theflange f of the ring, as shown in Fig. 2, by the application ofpressure. It should be understood that Figs. 1 and 2 are enlargedsections of parts of the can and cover, a can of an ordinary size beingillustrated by Fig. 3.

In putting up paints for transportation, storage, and sale it has beenthe common practice to deposit the pigments in cheap cans oflight-tinned plate, the top of each can having a comparatively smallopenin g, to which a cover is soldered, and through which the paint hasto be withdrawn. It is important that these cans should retain theirshape during transportation from the manufacturers to the packers, hencethe smallness of the opening at the top of an ordinary can.

I rely upon the ring B as a means of stiffening thecan and retaining itin shape, the ring being so narrow as to leave a large opening for theready removal of the entire contents. After cover is fitted over theflange f of the ring; a suitable instrument is then applied underpressure to the top of the cover, at and near the edge of the same,until the flange f of the ring is contained within the folded andcompressed flange e of the cover, the body of the can being so stiffenedby the ring as to resist this pressure. By inserting a sharp instrumentbeneath the fold of the cover it can be easily detached from the body,thereby presenting a large opening for the withdrawal of the entirecontents.

I am aware that the can for which Letters Patent were granted January29, 1867 ,to me as assignee of D. W. Pepper, has. an internalfiangedring, to which, however, the flanged cover could not be secured withoutthe aid of special rollers; whereas, in my improvement, the cover issecured by direct pressure on the top of the same, the stiffening 'ringbeing so narrow, and its flange, as well as that of the cover, being socurved or bent that this simple external pressure tends to compress andinterlock the said flanges without anything to resist the pressureexcept the sides of the can.

Claim.

A can having at its upper edge a stiffeningring with a flange formed tobe interlocked with the flange of the cover by direct pressure on thetop only of the same, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

. HORACE EVERETT.

Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, HARRY W. DoUTY.

